Deletion of the penicillin-binding protein 5 gene of Escherichia coli
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 144 (3) , 1190-1192
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.144.3.1190-1192.1980
Abstract
A strain of E. coli that has a deletion of the entire dacA gene was constructed. The complete lack of penicillin-binding protein 5 in this strain establishes that the activity of this protein is not essential for the growth of E. coli.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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